we re going through a similar dance right now after the president s son pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges drawing a chorus of conservative criticism for a sweet settlement that includes only probation, but now we come to the irs whistleblowers who have been all but ignored by the press and, of course, we have to be cautious about unproven claims. but the new york times, to its credit, broke with the pack by saying it confirmed independently based on a source that a second unnamed irs official claims david weiss, the u.s. attorney in delaware, asked, the oj for special powers to the doj for special powers to pursue the case outside the state and was turned down. whistleblower gary shapley has said he was not the sole decision maker in the case and that he was constrained in the probe. you convinced looking back at this now that this was an effort to protect president biden and his family? there were definitely hindrances that aye never seen before in my 14
before when kevin mccarthy he s had to make up something that he said about donald trump after january 6th howard: yeah. he went to mar-a-lago after talking about him being censor ised. and i was texting with republicans to see what they thought, is there pressure internally for him to endorse donald trump or to stay out of it, and i m hearing more so they would like him to stay out of it at the moment. howard: hard to stay out of it when you re on a television interview and you get asked a direct question, and mccarthy tried. susan, let s go big with picture. we re about six months into the house republicans running that chamber. is there too much media focus on these investigations of hunter biden, impeaching joe biden which is not going to happen anytime soon? let s just reflect the messaging of republicans, and this is what they re spending their political capital on. i think it reflects reality. the information that s come out is highly troubling, highly disturbing, and if